State lawmakers heard a bill on Wednesday that would give housing authorities in Wisconsin authority to build mixed-use projects blending affordable units with commercial space.

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Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday signed a bill that advocates say could make it easier to build 5G wireless networks — a cutting-edge technology that has been slow to arrive in the state.

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Wisconsin Republicans want to rewrite the state constitution to prohibit the governor from using his veto pen to increase spending without legislative approval, marking another skirmish in the GOP's battle to diminish Gov. Tony Evers' powers.

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The Wisconsin Assembly has passed a bill that would limit the regulation of 5G, or "small cell," technology.

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A bill meant to bring Wisconsin's regulations for developing 5G wireless networks in line with those found in neighboring states is on its way to the full state Legislature.

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Wisconsin lawmakers are moving to set uniform rules to govern the roll out of cutting-edge 5G wireless technology in the state, a step proponents say would undo a hodgepodge system that has prevented new wireless development.

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Gov. Tony Evers told a room full of renewable-energy advocates on Thursday that solar projects and similar installations that flooded into Wisconsin in 2018 occurred even as many state policies continued to ignore, rather than embrace, science and innovation.

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A bill before state lawmakers Thursday would let renovation contractors test individual walls or other building components for lead without those partial inspections triggering a requirement that they then go on and collect samples from every other surface in the structure.

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Gov. Scott Walker's half-billion dollar tax cut plan passed a state Assembly committee Thursday, despite objections from Democrats, and even some Republicans, that the proposal was moving too quickly and in need of changes.

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A bill that would put $25 million in state money into Wisconsin startups passed its first hurdle with approval from an Assembly committee Friday despite a recent audit that found a number of problems at the jobs-creation agency that would oversee the money. But it remains unclear when the proposal will reach the floor.

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